Black Rail
Laterallus jamaicensis
IUCN: Not Evaluated
Taxonomy
- Order
- Gruiformes
- Family
- Rallidae
- Genus
- Laterallus
- eBird Code
- blkrai
Vocalizations
Stephen John Davies · CC0_1_0
Subspecies (5)
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Laterallus jamaicensis coturniculus
coastal central California southward to northern Baja California
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Laterallus jamaicensis jamaicensis
breeds eastern seaboard of USA and very locally Kansas, Cuba, and Belize; winters to Central America and West Indies
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Laterallus jamaicensis murivagans
arid littoral of Peru
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Laterallus jamaicensis salinasi
central Chile (Atacama to Malleco) and far western Argentina
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Laterallus jamaicensis tuerosi
Andes of central Peru (Lake Junín)
Data Sources
Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.